Yasuhide Amaya

Yasuhide Amaya (15 April 1800-19 June 1850) was a Japanese daimyo.

Biography
Amaya was born in the Obama Domain to a family of landowners, and he was a servant to the Sakai clan, the leaders of the Obama Domain. He was a brave general who was skilled in military tactics, but was secretly a Christian and wanted to overthrow the anti-Christian shogun. In 1850 Amaya rebelled in Obama Domain and killed Governor Kiyotaka Kaneshiro, but he was later defeated and beheaded.